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The Navy’s plan to add 36 EA-18G Growlers to the 82 electronic warfare aircraft now based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., could begin next year, after it released the final environmental impact statement for the move last week. The plan, which would establish two new expeditionary squadrons and add two aircraft to each

The Air Force has received Pentagon approval to extend the north-south runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) by 2,500 feet for a project designed to reduce airspace congestion for military and civilian flights in Anchorage as well as diminish noise levels in a neighborhood adjacent to the airfield. “If we can contribute to air traffic

The Navy’s plan to add 36 EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in northwest Washington would trigger a four-field increase in field carrier practice landings at Outlying Landing Field Coupeville under the service’s preferred option for expanding its fleet of electronic warfare aircraft. The move faces strong opposition, however, from some residents on

A group of nearly 40 residents voiced concerns with a proposal by the Air Force to conduct close air support training for F-15 fighter aircraft over Boise and eight other urban centers in Idaho, during a public scoping meeting on Wednesday. Other than Boise, the training sites are considered small and medium areas, including Mountain

Burlington, Vt., Mayor Miro Weinberger on Tuesday said he would need 20 days to decide whether to ask the Air Force to scrap its plan to bring 18 F-35 fighter jets to the Vermont Air National Guard base at Burlington International Airport, after the city council the previous day voted 9-3 to approve a resolution

A March 12 On Base story inaccurately said opposition from Madison, Wis., residents to the Air Force’s plan to base 18 F-35A fighter jets at Truax Field Air National Guard Base “has intensified.” That story was based on news coverage of a Feb. 28 listening session organized by local lawmakers which was attended by several